So I had a look around and settled for a Willow figure (from the "Buffy" line) which in my eyes would make a great Carole with a bit of change.

While I was at it, I also made her matching brother:

First I had to cut off a bit of the hair. Thankfully the face underneat was painted, otherwise it would've looked odd:

Then I used Milliput to add her fringe and also reformed the backside of the head:

Forgot to take a picture before painting, but because the original Willow figure had so awful thin arms I also added a bit of meat there with Milliput. Also filled up the waist a bit to make it look more realistic. Sorry Carole! Plus I formed the collar of the pullover:

Painting those thin strains of hair without getting brown paint onto the face wasn't quite easy but I managed. And then I realized something else: Willow has brown eyes while Carole's are blue like her brother's. Luckily I had bought myself the tiniest brush I could find. So I made a tiny blue dot for the eye, an even tinier black dot for the pupil and the tiniest white dot for a bit of reflexion. One eye was perfect on the first try but with the other the white dot wasn't in the right place, so I had to put black over it again to start anew, and then the black became too big, so I had to start with blue again... went through this three times. Here's the result:

Finally the last step, which let me wonder why I didn't go for the simple green shirt instead from that other funny photoshoot (Carole upside down). Wonder if my figures are that flexible? Might try it out one day!

Anyway, too late now, so here I was painting a lot of thin red stripes for the pullover:

For John, first I had to remove Captain Jack's coat:

Then I rounded off the shoulders and cut off the holster and the braces/suspenders.

I also did cut off the shirt collar. This is so hard it cannot be done with a knife, I use a mini saw for it. So I was sawing close to his neck. Sorry Jack ;) Here is a picture of my workplace:

I filled him up with Milliput to form the pullover:

Then it was a simple painting job, with a bit of white underneat for the t-shirt.

If you like to compare, here is the link to the original pictures at from a book signing which inspired me because the colors matched so nicely:

Yes, I posted on her Facebook and also sent it by Twitter. She actually knew I was doing it and waited for it.

And when she got up today she found it and tweeted it around. And if you scroll down a bit, she even did leave a comment here in the LJ post! The anonymous one. So she definitely likes it ;) I'm always happy to make people happy.

Haven't decided yet whether I just leave the blue shirt. While I think I have seen a picture of Scott in such a shirt, I would like to do something different, like his brown leather jacket. I do need lots of Scott pictures in casual clothes first for reference (no suits, I'd like casual). If you have any to share that would be nice!

Thank you very much!And John liked it too - I showed them to him at the weekend. He said "Amazing" and "Brilliant". He was really impressed! I also gave him a photoalbum with the "Hollow Earth" stories.

I think I should make another one and give it to Carole. But I really would like to keep this one as so much work was put into it. Couldn't bear to part with it, you know?

I am not sure ;) I showed the figures to him at the weekend and he loved it! But I got them back so he did not keep them LOLHe said they were amazing. I also gave him a photoalbum with the "Hollow Earth" stories. He was really excited. Too bad I did not take a picture or video of this special time :(

Absolutely brilliant, I use to paint fantasy figures out of white dwarf magazine, you have to have a lot of patience, your eyes can go spasm after trying to paint the eyes,brilliant but heart wrenching destroying captain jack, casual barrowman bunch are imaginative xSue Whiteley

I admit though that I would have needed to change the hairstyle to make it look more like John. But I didn't dare to touch that.If you are interested, in the upper right corner you'll find a link to more of my custom figures (mostly David Tennant).

Speaking of David Tennant, so far I only heard the name Japonica in the radio play "Double Income No Kids Yet". Do you know that? If not, I highly recommend checking it out. It's just too funny!

Thank you very much! BTW, I showed them (in real) to John at the weekend and he loved it as well and asked if Carole knows them. And he wanted one of the photoalbums with the "Hollow Earth" stories. I was so happy ;)

I will post a more detailed report and pictures in my LJ soon.

I already have a figure which I think would fit for Scott but I have to think about it further. Need to look through pictures to find one which I like. I don't want to make him in a suit but casual. Here is the figure I have in mind:

Oh yes it was! It was my main reason for going to this convention. Carole had seen and replied to the pictures on Twitter, but John gets so many tweets each day, I figured my chances are better in person. Would have loved to talk more with him, as he really loves his action figures, but it is great he took at least the time I got.